Dec. 9, 2012

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A member of Poudre Fire Authority walks away from a house that caught fire Sunday afternoon in southwest Fort Collins. The fire was called in just after 1 p.m. and was extinguished in about 15 minutes by PFA. / Sam Noblett/The Coloradoan

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Poudre Fire Authority responded Sunday to a house fire on the 3800 block of Platte Drive in southwest Fort Collins.

Firefighters were notified around 1 p.m. Sunday that a fire had began on the outside of 3829 Platte Drive, engulfing the side of the home and a fence near the house. No one was inside the residence when firefighters arrived on scene, said PFA spokesman Patrick Love.

Firefighters entered the home immediately and were able to extinguish the blaze, which was “creeping into the attic” from the fence and outside of the home, within 15 minutes.

“Our folks did a good job of keeping an eye on it and putting it out,” Love said.